January 19, 2025
This would be the beginning of WWIII.
Germany may send troops to Ukraine.
Of all the NATO countries the Russians hate and fear Germany more than any. There is a centuries-long antipathy between Germans and Russians, going back to the invasion by the Teutonic Knights in 1242 in response to a call for help from Russia to Christendom to defend against the Mongols. (This was the famous Battle on the Ice when Alexander defeated the Germans on the frozen Neva river and thus came to be called Alexander Nevsky.) The Germans have invaded on other occasions too, most notably during WWII when they lost roughly 24-27 MILLION people! Letting Germans go into Ukraine is a non-starter for them, and they will use atomic sterilization to rid themselves of the teutonic "infection".
Thes war-mongering Ruling Class types have gone batcrap crazy.
Russians are paranoid, but with reason. They have never had national barriers to protect them and thus have always had to think about any nation near their borders as an existential threat. Part of this invasion of Ukraine stems from fear of NATO and the U.S. sniffing around their border. When we had troops in Afghanistan and in Iraq we had them completely encircled, something that made them terribly nervous. The Russians invaded Georgia in 2008 for much the same reasons; they feared Georgia was going to join NATO and that couldn't be allowed. (Yes, there are other reasons, such as the gas and oil pipelines, but we're talking about the Russian psychology and the average person's support for military action. If the public hated what Putin is doing he wouldn't do it, even if he IS an autocrat.) I would add the U.S./NATO has deployed missile defense systems in the whole Warsaw Pact countries, and we've even "invaded" the old Soviet Union in the Baltic states. Russia feels like it's in the grips oa a giant anaconda.
At any rate it would be very bad to have American or British troops in Ukraine, but Germans are just not going to be tolerated. I'm pretty sure Trump understands this. I hope he does.
The Russians will do anything to keep Germany away from their borders. Anything.
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